The last half inch of my print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl fades to white.


Problem: My iPF5000 has suddenly developed a problem printing on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl (8.5x11). It isn't printing the last half inch of image. the iamge starts to fade a half inch up from the bottom edge of the image and that quickly fades to paper white. I am seeing banding in this transition area.

Resolution: I had switched the paper type on the printer from Special 5 to Special 1. Switching back to Special 5 solved the problem. Special 5 is Canon's recommendation for Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl.